On Friday 10 June 2011 16:30:16 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 15:17 on Friday 10 June 2011, Joost > Roeleveld > > did opine thusly: > > On Friday 10 June 2011 17:08:40 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 14:22, Joost Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > > > > On Friday 10 June 2011 08:52:15 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > >> -original message- > > > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm > > > >> From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> > > > >> Date: 2011-06-10 03:52 > > > >> > > > >> >And another bonus is that there are plenty of > > > >> > > > >> funny things we can spell in hexadecimal. ;) > > > >> > > > >> While I'm sure I'll tag the C001:D00D address for my > > > >> workstation, I'm not sure upper management will appreciate me > > > >> naming some servers DEAD:BEEF or BAD:D06 or A55:401E ... :-P > > > > > > > > Although, why reserve those for servers instead of said > > > > management? ;) > > > > > > There's playing with fire, and there's playing with FIRE. :D > > > > Considering I regularly play with Nitro mixtures and sharp blades > > spinning around through the air, playing with FIRE isn't too bad :) > > > > Besides, how many managers do you have that actually check the > > IP-addresses the DHCP server gives their machines "randomly"? :) > > You have managers that know what an IP address is? > > Wow....
It is mentioned in some magazines on occasion.... Although IP is usually translated to "Intellectual Person" by some and an IP- address is the address of that person ;) -- Joost
